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' Activities of the DRE (Directorio Revolucionarito Estudiantil)

|. The source of the information contained in subsequent
paregraphe is Jose Ricardo Rabel Ortega, A 12 421 451, Cuban. national
who 16 the oldest son of Jose Ricardo: Rabel Hunez, the present ©
national director of “Viviendas Campesinas” in Cuba. Source was a
Navy cadet at the Maricl Academy from February 1%0 to November 1961.
oo . As pert.of the curriciilum source spent two weeks in Minan del. rrio, .
|: Oriente Province, during: the. latter part of 1960. From February to :
: 12 July. 1962; ° source worked for Viviendas Cempesinas as a general
oo office clerk. He may be reached at the following address: c/o Manuel
. Gomez, 539° NE 70th Street, Miami, Florida, USA.

| . _ , 2. Source gave the following information which is repeated
: . verbatim herein.
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“In a conversation on 13 July 1962 in tavern, [Ey vrothey- in-lav,
Fernando Come: ronsecal told me that the Directorio Revolucionario — -
Estudiantil (D! (DRE) in Cuba had received.14 tons of arms and munitions

oan to be used in the near ‘future against the Communist regime of Cuba.
He also told me that experts in the handling of explosives were
entering Cuba for sabotage of bridges and railroads.

“Lye brother-in- M7, -Fernando | Gomez Fonseca Sith in.cParge of the '
DRE fh Havana Province. I also know ‘Laureario™ x Git yie. io) ‘Péquerio” Oa fas
who is one of the most important DREé ‘Teaders “in Cul cael

In the conversation, I learned also that the DRE is expecting
@nother ship with arms aid ammunition in the near future and a. yacht
which is now in a Latin. Amerfcan country. The yacht is for use in
activities against the Castro sovernment.

. The activities against the Castro government to be carried out dy
\ . "s+ ‘the DRE“are expected to start within.e month.or. two. months ‘at the. latest... -

Note: This information is confidential, and I want it to be kept in
the greatest possible secrecy. I have spoken with no one else of this
matter, which I consider very delicate. I want held in complete -

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contact ‘with source-for purposes of determining | ;
potentialities that the source may have and/or to agecas a. possible
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